To Profile, or Not to Profile?

Mark Alexander, editor of The Patriot newsletter takes a look at the possible relevance of profiling to fight the Islamofascists. Check it out:

To ensure we Americans never offend anyone — particularly fanatics intent on killing us — law enforcement and security screeners are not allowed to “profile” people in public places or security checkpoints. However, they will continue to perform random searches of 80-year-old women, little kids, airline pilots with proper identification, Secret Service agents who are members of the President’s security detail, 85-year-old congressmen with metal hips and even Medal of Honor recipients. But targeting Middle Eastern male Islamists between the ages 17 and 40 constitutes “ethnic profiling.”

Let’s pause a moment and review….

He goes on to list 25 specific instances when the perpetrators of terrorist acts ALL fit a fairly narrowly set profile. Check it out.

THEN, he goes on with the inescapable conclusion:

President George Bush said this week, “America is at war with Islamic fascists who will use any means to destroy those of us
who love freedom, to hurt our nation.” The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued an immediate objection to the President’s reference to “Islamic fascists”. Nihad Awad, executive director of CAIR protested, “We have to isolate these individuals because there is nothing in the Koran or the Islamic faith that encourages people to be cruel or to be vicious or to be criminal. Muslims world wide know that for sure.” In light of this objection, we are left to ponder why every Islamic leader in the U.S., and the world, does not publicly condemn every terror action being undertaken in the name of the god of Islam. Their silence is deafening…

Between 1970 and present, there were more than 60 other notable examples of terrorism perpetrated by Middle Eastern male Islamists between the ages 17 and 40, but we think you get the point. Singling out “Middle Eastern male Islamists between the ages 17 and 40″ is not “ethnic profiling,” it’s “terrorist profiling” — acting on prolific evidence.

Anyone for Terrorist Profiling?